The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all. — Charles Dudley Warner
Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire. — Charles Dudley Warner
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. — Charles Dudley Warner
Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it. — Charles Dudley Warner
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. — Charles Dudley Warner
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one. — Charles Dudley Warner
Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. — Charles Dudley Warner
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. — Charles Dudley Warner
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday — Charles Dudley Warner
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. — Charles Dudley Warner
There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. — Charles Dudley Warner
There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. — Charles Dudley Warner
There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help. — Charles Dudley Warner
However small it is on the surface, it is 4000 miles deep; and that is a very handsome property. — Charles Dudley Warner
The wise man’s … friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities. — Charles Dudley Warner
There isn’t a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband — Charles Dudley Warner
It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. — Charles Dudley Warner